Tell Arnold: It's time to read and lead.

The New York Times and Courage Campaign say "No More Dirty Tricks"!

You can convince Arnold to kill this "elaborate dirty trick" dead today. Please add your signature to the Courage Campaign letter to the Governor right now:

Dear Gov. Schwarzenegger:

Last Friday,  Julia Rosen from Courage Campaign delivered to your office 2,148 copies of the so-called "Presidential Election Reform Act," which will appear on the June 3rd ballot. You said you had not read this short three-page initiative yet, even though it only takes five minutes to review. 

Now that thousands of Courage Campaign members have sent you a copy of the initiative, it's time for you to read and lead. 

Governor, you claim to be "post-partisan." If that is so, I'm sure you know that a scathing editorial in the New York Times called this dangerous document an "elaborate dirty trick" designed by a "shadowy group" to "do serious damage to our democracy." This unbelievable initiative dictates that California divide up its electoral college votes by congressional district, allowing Republicans to rob 20 electoral college votes — the equivalent of Ohio — and, once again, steal the executive branch.

If you read and lead now, you can join over 10,000 Courage Campaign members who have pledged their strong opposition to yet another radical right-wing power grab. You may know many of the most prominent pledge-signers, including Sherry Lansing (former CEO, Paramount Pictures), Sal Rosselli (President, SEIU-UHW), Bradley Whitford ("The West Wing"), Arianna Huffington ("The Huffington Post"), Assembly Majority Leader Karen Bass, and L.A. City Council President Eric Garcetti.

Governor, if you really want to demonstrate that you are "post-partisan," now is the time to read and lead. By coming out against this initiative now — and asking reasonable Republicans to do the same — you can kill this radical right-wing coup in its cradle before June 3rd.

Let’s not waste time and money on this tragic partisan distraction. As you have said, California has too many important issues on which we have to focus together.

No more dirty tricks. No more partisan power-grabs.

Not in California. Not in America.

I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible. 

Sincerely,